Serious A4059 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 17 November 2011 at 16:50 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 16:50 on Thursday 17 November 2011. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Nov 2011
- Thursday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70818, longitude -3.43582, in the CF44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 6UE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620212947
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4059
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto signal part defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2021.
Slight
Optare Solo crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 September 2021
12 m awayRef 2021622100686
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 September 2025
30 m awayRef 2025622500654
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 February 1990
50 m awayRef 1990620B00950
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 September 2007
50 m awayRef 2007620170944
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 12 October 2005
51 m awayRef 2005620141116
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 May 2002
51 m awayRef 2002620062512
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2011620212947 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 2011.